This study set out to explore the relationship between female media use behavior and agreement with agenda-specific publicly promoted health messages. A random digit dial telephone cross-sectional survey was conducted using a nationally representative sample of female residents aged 25 and over. Respondents' agreement with health messages was measured by a six-item Health Information Scale (HIS...

BACKGROUND Validity of self-reported height and weight has not been adequately evaluated in diverse adolescent populations. In fact there are no reported validity studies conducted in Asian children and adolescents. This study aims to examine the accuracy of self-reported weight, height, and resultant BMI values in Chinese adolescents, and of the adolescents' subsequent classification into over...

BACKGROUND Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) remains a silent epidemic in many humanitarian settings with many survivors concealing their experiences. Attitudes towards help-seeking for SGBV is an important determinant of SGBV service use. This paper examined the association between attitudes towards seeking care and knowledge and perceptions about SGBV among men and women in a humanitari...

Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study including 325 families recruited from a Public Pediatric Allergy Department. Children had been diagnosed of FA at least nine months before, to ensure parental disease experience. A non-validate questionnaire based on clinical experience, literature records and concerns raised by FASG was elaborated. Ethic Committee approved the study. The questionnai...

Objectives: To find the coverage and factors associated with low immunization with respect to user and provider in urban and rural areas of Peshawar. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in selected areas of Peshawar from 9th to 19th of June 2010. 486 children, aged 4 years and below, were included in the study. Infants below 9 months were excluded. Parents were asked ...

Objective To determine whether there are differences in the intensity of chronic pain of elderly caregivers who are frail, pre-frail and non-frail. Methods Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The subjects were 187 elderly caregivers evaluated with a Multidimensional Pain Assessment Scale and the Fried Frailty Phenotype Assessment Components. Descriptive and comparative analyz...

BACKGROUND To estimate the prevalence and determinants of adult under-nutrition in Botswana. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted where a nationally representative sample of people aged 20 to 49 years was used for the analysis. The outcome measure of under-nutrition was measured as BMI<18.5 kg/m2. RESULTS Of the total sample, 19.5% of males and 10.1% of females were underweight (B...

BACKGROUND Pediatricians play an important role in promoting smoking cessation among the parents of young children as more behavioral counseling and cessation treatment are made available in the Chinese healthcare system. However, beliefs about the effectiveness of these interventions can influence pediatricians' recommendations to their patients. This study examined pediatricians' beliefs rega...

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of, and socio-demographic factors associated with, overweight and obesity in Botswana. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2007 using a multistage sampling method to select a representative sample of 4107 men and 4916 women aged 20-49 years. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the socio-demographic factors associated with ...

BACKGROUND This paper describes an attempt that was made to recruit child-bearing women into a nutrition-based research study and the knowledge that was gained when this approach was unsuccessful. The Assessment Before Children Develop Obesity Study was a cross-sectional survey which planned to follow-up women and children who had previously been, or were currently enrolled in the Mathematical ...